First, the operating system you are using would sure help...plus more information about what you have tried so far....
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I recently upgraded my RAM, after suspecting I had a bad stick. I went from 25MB to 384MB and I am still experienceing my compute rlocking up and doing physical memory dumps on me. If I am trying to...lets say listen to music and play a game on Yahoo, the computer will freeze. I also noticed that my CPU (in the usage section after hitting CTRL/ALT/DELETE) is pining way out at 100% and holding there when these crashes happen, or when I am doing certain things with the computer. I'm wondering if I don't need to also upgrade my motherboard and processor. Suggestions?

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